Chapter 372: The Death of Hezhou (II)

"Hahaha......, okay, attack, the whole army presses!"

Seeing that the Salar tribesmen had firmly established themselves on the top of the city, Hertz Zanden, who was pressing the formation in the rear, was overjoyed, and did not think about why the so-called ambush had not yet appeared, laughed and waved his hand, and ordered the more than 1,000 Tibetan hoplites who were originally behind the battle to be the overseers all to attack, intending to defeat the stubborn resistance of ** in one fell swoop.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Zhang Mingwu can't remember how many people he has cut down under his knife, his arms have long been sore, and his whole body is creaking as soon as he moves, as if he will fall apart at any time, Rao is so, he refuses to give up lightly, and still fights with all his strength in the chaotic army, roaring, like a god who will break out of hell, but when the horn of the Tubo army sounds, Zhang Mingwu's heart has completely sunk to the bottom, and a wave of despair is irrepressibly surging. Seeing this, a hundred heads of the Salar clan who were fighting against him refused to let go of this great opportunity to take Zhang Mingwu, and roared and swung his knife with all his might, and in an instant, he had broken through Zhang Mingwu's interception, and the sword light had already slashed less than a foot away from Zhang Mingwu's neck in a flash.

Finished! Zhang Mingwu fought for a long time, and his reaction was already sluggish, and when the opponent's knife arrived, Zhang Mingwu didn't have time to react at all, so he could only watch the rainbow-like sword light coming, and the despair in his heart instantly became so thick that it could not be repeated.

"Be careful, sir!"

Just when Zhang Mingwu was waiting for death to come, a roar suddenly sounded behind him, and then a figure flashed out like a ghost, and with a raise of his hand, a three-foot Qingfeng sword had been slashed out diagonally, and it accurately hit the knife that slashed at Zhang Mingwu, but when he heard a crisp sound of "Qiang Ran", the Qingfeng sword did not move, and the big knife that slashed was shocked and flew upside down into the air.

"Shopkeeper Li?"

Zhang Mingwu escaped from death, he didn't care about being afraid, looked at it, and saw that it was Li Yaodong who saved his life, and under the surprise, he couldn't help but call out.

"Lord Zhang, let's press down the thief first!"

Seeing that the battle situation was urgent, Li Yaodong dared to slack off, and after hurriedly greeting him, he roared and led more than 100 caravan guards who rushed to the city to rush into the chaotic battle.

When it comes to tactical literacy, the caravan guards are not as good as the best officers and soldiers, but when it comes to personal martial arts, these guards are all good hands, any one of them is on the rivers and lakes, I dare not say that it is a first-class master, but there are definitely second-rate masters, not to mention that there are such a top figure among the first-class masters as Li Yaodong, so more than 100 guards rushed to the city, and the original stalemate balance instantly became a one-sided massacre. He had been killed so much that he had lost his armor and rolled down the city in a hurry, which made Hertzzan, who had just led his troops under the city wall, so angry that his nose was crooked.

"Go to town, quick, rush up, get up!"

Hertzzan is an old man, he knows that if he is defeated and retreats at this time, and then he wants to attack the city bravely, he will have to adjust it in two or three days, and at that time, God knows if the ** reinforcements will come, in case the plan to seize Hezhou fails, how can he spare him when he turns back, he refuses to retreat, and even cares about severely punishing the defeated Salar tribesmen who retreated, and roared and ordered the Tubo infantry who rushed to the city to attack immediately.

"Quick, speed up, lift up!"

Hertzzan under the city was busy dispatching troops, and Li Yaodong in the city was not idle, in addition to arranging caravan guards to disperse and cover various key points, he himself hurriedly ran to the entrance of the building, shouting at a group of business men carrying dozens of large wooden boxes and the people in the city.

"Brother Li, these are ......"

Zhang Mingwu had been quite injured in the previous battle, and he didn't care about bandaging it at this time, and after hurriedly inspecting the city defense, he also hurried to the side of the corridor, looking at the big boxes that had been carried up to the city gate tower with a puzzled face.

"The thieves are coming up, Lord Zhang, please command the defense, and the rest of the matter will be presided over by the subordinates."

Although Li Yaodong did not turn around, as soon as he heard the sound of the cloud ladder landing on the top of the city, he already knew that the enemy army was coming up again, and he didn't care to explain more, and some of them replied unceremoniously.

"Okay, that's it."

Li Yaodong's order was obviously suspected of overstepping his bounds, but Zhang Mingwu did not dare to treat this British envoy with ordinary eyes, without the slightest hesitation, he simply agreed to Li Yaodong's proposal, and without any more nonsense, he led the few remaining guards to rush back to the city wall, commanding a group of soldiers to resist the forced rush of the Tubo foot soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the Tubo hoplites is not known how many times higher than that of the Salar tribesmen, and they have always been hiding behind the battle to recuperate, and the combat power has never been damaged, compared to the ** under the long battle, it is obviously an advantage, although the defenders at the head of the city braved the rain of arrows of the Tubo cavalry, and kept throwing wooden rolling stones under the city, but they could not stop the momentum of the Tubo army rushing to the city. In the face of the joint attack of the Tubo infantry cavalry, the casualties of the ** officers and soldiers were getting bigger and bigger, and gradually some of them could not support it, but fortunately, at this time, Li Yaodong was finally busy with the preparations.

"Ignition!"

After all the business guys holding clay pots lined up in the city, Li Yaodong didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and he roared loudly, and then saw dozens of business guys using the fuse rope in their hands to light the fuse on the ceramic jar, and in a squeaky sound, the smoke rose instantly.

"Cast!"

Li Yaodong silently counted to three in his heart, and did not dare to delay any longer, and with a loud roar, he immediately saw dozens of business men waving their arms in unison and throwing the clay pot in their arms into the city.

"Boom ......"

The Tubo army that was rushing to the city saw a large pile of clay pots thrown down from the city, but no one had time to pay attention to it, but generally just looked at these clay pots as rolling stones, but they didn't expect that these clay pots were by no means as simple as they looked, and they didn't wait for the Tubo soldiers to understand what was going on, but they saw that some of those clay pots exploded in the air, and some of them exploded when they fell to the groundIn the smoke of gunpowder, stumps and severed arms flew in all directions, and countless miserable howls sounded into one.

"Cast again!"

Li Yaodong stood at the back of the city wall, although he couldn't see the tragic situation of the Tubo army, but when he heard it, he knew that his own results were absolutely brilliant, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, but he didn't stop there, but shouted and gave the throwing order again, but saw that the guys who had already prepared the business guys threw out the lit clay pots again, and suddenly, a burst of roars rose again, and the Tubo army that was panicked under the city was hit hard, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, how could they pay attention to the death order to attack the city, and they all turned around, Spreading his legs, he fled backwards desperately, and the fourth assault of the Tusa coalition was once again defeated.

"Bastards, waste, mongrels ......"

Seeing that the offensive that had already been successful was once again fruitless, Hertzzan was completely furious, and slashed and killed several deserters with a big knife in his hand, but he could not stop the rout of his own army, that is, even he himself could not stand, and was swept back to the starting place by the rout, so angry that he scolded loudly, and his eyes were as red as rabbits, and no one dared to look at him, for fear of becoming a scapegoat for Hertzzan to vent his anger, even Ninguss did not dare to go up.

"Ningustu, what is the inner meaning of what you are talking about? Say! ”

Ningusdu wanted to hide, but Hertzzan couldn't let him hide, and rushed to Ninggustu's body with a roar, and the knife was already on his neck, and if he didn't agree with him, he wanted to cut off Ninggusdu's head.

"The general is angry, the general is angry, there is still a plan to break this city!"

Ninggu Sidu himself couldn't figure out what had gone wrong with the arranged internal response, but he didn't dare to admit his mistake in front of the angry Hertzzan, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly shouted.

"Say!"

Hertzzan knew very well how serious the consequences of not being able to take the city of Zaohan, although he hated Ninggusi to the extreme, and wanted to kill this tribal leader with a knife, but when he thought of the consequences of defeating back into the army, he could only suppress the anger in his heart, and the dead horse was treated as a live horse.

"General, listen to so-and-so......"

With his life at stake, Ningus did not dare to slack off a little, and hurriedly leaned into Hertzzan's ear and babbled about it, until Hertzzan's face changed uncertainly.

"Order: The whole army retreats one mile and sets up camp!"

After standing dumbfounded for a moment, Hertzzan finally showed a sinister smile on his face, and did not explain much to the dazed generals, but just broke off and gave the order to withdraw the troops directly.

"Hoo ......"

Zhang Mingwu, who was nervously guarding at the head of the city, saw that the Tusa coalition army had retreated, and his tense nerves immediately relaxed, and he took a breath of air, and turned around, wanting to say something to boost morale, but when he saw that there were less than five hundred officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who could still stand up on the city, his heart ached, his eyes were red, and he was choked and unable to speak......